Jones v. Burton

Frank E. Johnson, Off. Ref.

After the testimony was taken under the order of reference, I placed on the record my then reaction to it, to indicate what the briefs should cover. The two versions before me were quite opposite and hard to reconcile, and there was an obvious lack of truth somewhere. Defendants did not call the attorney who acted for them at the sale, did not produce any oral corroboration of their claims, or of the *355alleged conversations (outside of the language of the contract) which were relied upon to show fraud. Plaintiff had corroboration by witnesses who contradicted the…